Sadiron holder



S. H. GIBSON.

SADIIRON HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEY. 191's.

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SAMUEL I-I. GIBSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE FANNER MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SADIRON HOLDER.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

Application filed June 7, 1919. Serial No. 302,554.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. Grnsov a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sadiron Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a holder for sad irons of the type which in the trade are generally known as Mrs. Potts sad irons.

The object of the invention is to provide a sad iron holder in which the handle or that portion which is grasped by the hand of the user is so fashioned as to have a certain amount of resiliency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sad iron handle in which the hand engaging portion is made from a wire coil thus providing a large heat/radiating surface so that the handle does not become excessively hot.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction for a sad iron handle which may be manufactured by simple manufacturing processes, thereby enabling the same to be produced at a low manufacturing cost.

- Generally speaking the invention may be said to comprise the elements and the combinations thereof set forth in the accompanying claims.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a sad iron handle embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the handle portions removed; Fig. 3 is a section upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is a sec tion upon the line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a section upon the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a base portion which at its opposite ends is formed with upturned portions 2 and 3. These upturned portions are provided with openings indicated at 2 and 3 The base is formed with an open portion 4 to provide lightness and the base is also provided with another open space indicated at 5 which is adapted for the reception of a latch 6.

Extending across the space 5 and integral with the base is a downwardly extending portion 7 which forms one of the jaws cooperating with the latch for engaging the sad iron. The member 7 as before stated, extends across the space .5 and forms an abut:

ment against which the forward end of the latch may rest.

Adjacent the end of the open portion 5 the base is provided with depressions 8 which depressions are adapted to receive side extending arms 9 of the latch. At one end of the latch the same is formed with a downwardly extending portion 10 which lies adjacent the portion 7 before described, the parts 7 and 10 being adapted to receive be tween them a portion of the sad iron which is to be grasped by the handle.

The latch 6 carries a knob 11 which in the present instance may be made of wood and is secured to the latch in a desired manner as by means of a rivet such as indicated at 12.

The handle proper or hand engaging portion which is generally indicated at 15 is formed by a coiled wire, the convolutions of which are slightly spaced andwhich is preferably formed to be tapering from a central portion to the ends of the hand engaging portion for the purpose of affording a more ready grasp for the hand of the user.

The ends of the hand engaging portion 15 are supported at their opposite ends by means of uprights which are connected with the upstanding portions 2 and 3 of the base 1.

Furthermore, the latch 6 is held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a resilient arm or spring member 13, this member engaging with the latch and as shown the latch 6 is provided with a groove 6 in which the end of the resilient member 13 lies so as to provide a centering arrangement to hold the spring member 13 in proper place upon the latch.

Preferably the hand engaging portion 15, together with the side members 15 and 15 as well as the spring member 13 are all formed from a continuous piece of wire. lVhen this is done the end of the portion 15 is riveted in the opening 2 of the upstanding portion 2 while the portion 15 extends through the opening 3 in the upstanding portion 2 and the end of the wire bears against the latch as indicated in the drawing and as before described. As will be well understood the wire portion which has just been described may be made out of various grades of wire but generally the wire has a fair amount of resiliency in order to provide resiliency in the hand engaging portion 15 as Well as in the part 13 whlch. bears against t atch- The portion 15 of the wire merely extends through the opening 3 and is not secured thereto so that under flexure of the portion 13, when the knob 11 is raised, the movement is transmitted from the member 13 to the member 15 and so to the hand engaging portion 15, although of course a certain amount of movement is absorbed by the portion 13. This construction is made because of the fact that the portion 18 is not subject to repeated flexing which would be likely to cause crystallization and breakage but rather the movement is transmitted to the larger coils of the hand engaging portion 15 where the movement as distributed to the whole of the portion 15 is not sufficient to cause any great amount of flexing and its consequent crystallizing effect.

Attention is called to the fact that the bearing for the rear end of the latch is a comparatively wide bearing, the extension 8 from the latch extending well away from the axis of the latch. This is important in that it reduces the tendency for the latch 6 to move in a sidewise direction when the latch is raised and lowered.

Having described my invention, I claim, 1. A sad iron holder comprising a base portion and handle formed as a coil, upright members securing the handle to the base,

said upright members and hand engaging portion being formed from a single and continuous piece of wire, a. latch member carried by the base, said wire having an extension which engages the latch to hold it in position. i I

2. A sad iron holder comprising a base, a

'' latch pivoted upon said base, a hand engaging portion formed as a wire coil, an upright member securing one end of the coil to the base, and a second upright member formed ofvresilient material," securing the opposite end of the hand engaging portion to the base and an extension from said last named upright member engaging the latch to hold the same in position.

3. A sad iron holder comprising a base, a latch member pivoted uponsaid base and a continuous Wire member secured at one end of the base and forming an'upright and a coiled hand engaging portion and a second upright member which extends through an 5 portion, a latchmovably mounted on the base portion, a wire secured at one end to the base portion and bent to'form an up-v I right end member, a handle extending sub stantially parallel with the base, a second upright member which passes through an opening in the base and an extending portion which engages with the latchto hold the same in position. e i y In testimony whereof, Ihereunto affix my signature.

SAMUEL GIBSON. 

